Hello my lovely readers!
This book blew me away. Let's get into it!
SYNOPSIS
It’s 1995, and fourteen-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father. But her mother, Nadia, keeps her secrets close, while her grandmother Gladys remains silent about the family’s past, including why she left Land’s End, Alabama, in 1953. As Tati digs deeper, she uncovers a legacy of family secrets, where every generation of Dupree women has posed more questions than answers.
From Jubi in 1917, whose attempt to pass for white ends when she gives birth to Ruby; to Ruby’s fiery lust for Sampson in 1934 that leads to a baby of her own; to the night in 1980 that changed Nadia’s future forever, the Dupree women carry the weight of their heritage. Bound by a mysterious malediction that means they will only give birth to daughters, the Dupree women confront a legacy of pain, resilience, and survival that began with an enslaved ancestor who risked everything for freedom.
MY THOUGHTS
This was an outstanding novel. I can't get over how AUTHENTIC this novel feels. There's something to be said about novels by Black authors that capture the authenticity of raw feelings of the Black American community and Black American culture.
With some novels, you can tell that even though they're written by Black authors, they were written for a white audience. I abhor books like that. But this novel....I felt like I was in Land's End, Chicago, the hair salon and the nightclubs because of Williams' authentic storytelling. It felt like she was writing in code that only Black women could understand and I loved every bit of it.
The first part of the book was a bit confusing because there were so many names to keep up with, but as I continued to read, I couldn't put it down.
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